A tale of two leaders: Obama and Sheriff Smith

Mar. 17, 2013

The very first thing a newly elected president does is swear an oath, on the Bible, to uphold, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

President Obama did not honor his first oath in 2009 and already has broken the two taken in January by usurping the rights of Congress and the states. In his State of the Union address, he opened with a quote from JFK: “The Constitution makes us not rivals for power, but partners for progress.” If he truly believed this, why does he continually issue a plethora of presidential decrees and ignore our Congress and the Constitution?

In violation of our First Amendment rights, “ObamaCare” has required the Catholic organizations to pay for medical insurance that includes abortion and contraceptive coverage. This directly contradicts the beliefs of Catholics. There is also a petition on the White House website requesting signatures to declare this church a “hate group.” In Germany, Hitler had a similar plan for the Jews, and we all know how that ended.

He is antagonistic to right-wing talk radio and is working to get all these stations and Fox off the air. Freedom of speech is in jeopardy.

He wants to take away our Second Amendment right to bear arms, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to buy a gun, much less to purchase the ammunition that weapon needs. The Department of Homeland Security has purchased enough ammo to wage a full-scale war for 30 years. As if that wasn’t enough, they are buying an additional 2.6 million rounds of ammo.

During the campaign, Obama said sequestration would “never happen under his administration,” and now our military is about to be gutted, leaving us vulnerable to our “friends” Russia and China, as well as our enemies, Iran, North Korea and Egypt. The latter is ruled by a radical Muslim who wants to drive our only ally, Israel, into the sea. President Obama is providing that country with fighter jets, tanks and money. Not smart.

He is decreasing the number of nuclear weapons we hold, while Russia and China increase their inventory, and Iran and North Korea are working to perfect their delivery capability. He is making us vulnerable to the very countries that would destroy us as a free nation, while announcing that we are the most powerful nation on Earth.

As he talks about bloating government even more with a laundry list of new initiatives and investments (aka spend money), a national preschool, fix-it-first for infrastructures (more shovel-ready) and declares we are the wealthiest nation on the planet, he ignores the $16.5 trillion debt that China holds over us.

Colorado sheriffs also take an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution of Colorado and the United States. Thank God for Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith, who honors the oath he swore.

Our safety and freedoms rest with Smith and these dedicated lawmen. Smith’s selfless hard work during the fires of 2012 was greatly appreciated. Now, because he conducts himself with integrity and refuses to violate the Second Amendment, which gives us the right to bear arms, the left is denigrating a real champion of democracy. Wake up, Colorado. It’s not too late to save our freedoms.